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In Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, this town has 2,397 residents.
Saint-Alban’s strongest subject is schools (A+): brevet results 5.3 points above the expected rate. Jobs & income is another plus (A−) — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 6.0% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €2,588/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer. Where it falls short is walkability: 57% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Saint-Alban has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Saint-Alban does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Alban with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Saint-Alban has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Alban counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1912.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Alban.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 5.9 mi away. For collège, the closest is 2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RichepinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 47 | 91%−1 pt |
| Collège Sainte-Anne Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 9 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 81 | 100%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The census found 4.7% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The median disposable income was €26,840 a year per consumption unit, near both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Aged 15 to 24: 9.5% of residents. Under-15s account for 16% of the population. At 49.1, the median resident of Saint-Alban sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Alban | Côtes-d'Armor median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Alban is Centre hospitalier Yves le Foll, 11.1 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 191 residents of Saint-Alban died, against 227 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Côtes-d'Armor is 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Alban can choose among 3 GPs.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Among the homes sold, 99% were houses. That is the middle of 70 sales of houses and apartments in Saint-Alban from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €2,254/m² for the median of compared towns in Côtes-d'Armor.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,588/m² | 69 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Alban is Chapelle Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur. Homes from before 1919 make up 9.6% of the total, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (10%) but above compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Saint-Alban’s tally for 2025: 26 recorded offenses. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.5 violent offenses and 8.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was burglary (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 33.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit, heritage and family days out in and near Saint-Alban. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau de Bienassis4.5 km northeast, in ErquyTheme parkTheme parkLa ferme de Malido2.2 km southwest, in Lamballe-ArmorWater parkWater parkSpa Marin du Val André Thalasso Resort4 km northwest, in Pléneuf-Val-AndréChâteauChâteauChâteau de Nantois4.3 km north, in Pléneuf-Val-AndréAttractionAttractionCorps de Garde4 km northwest, in Pléneuf-Val-AndréArt galleryArt galleryLa Galerie de Dahouët3.4 km northwest, in Pléneuf-Val-AndréPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
On the Culture ministry’s list, Saint-Alban counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
Château de Bienassis: Photo: Patrbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur: Photo: Dolly11 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Alban as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alban | 2,397 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Pléneuf-Val-André | 3,988 | 1.9 | A− | C− | B+ | C+ |
| Lamballe-Armor | 17,241 | 5.5 | A− | C+ | B | B− |
| Erquy | 3,974 | 5.9 | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
| Hillion | 4,335 | 6.8 | A+ | B− | A | B |
| Yffiniac | 5,074 | 8.9 | A | B− | B+ | C+ |
| Langueux | 7,939 | 9.4 | B− | C+ | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Alban has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 8 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,588/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Alban grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Saint-Alban is a commune of 2,397 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Lamballe Terre et Mer. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
